Ecology

WhatsApp will let you chat with third-party apps like Telegram: how interoperability works

WhatsApp will let you chat with third-party apps like Telegram: how interoperability works

In some beta versions of WhatsApp for Android, the ability to create group chats with users who use third-party services, such as Telegram or other compatible platforms. This does not mean that every function will be shared between different systems: rather, it will be a form of interoperabilitywhich will allow different technologies to communicate with each other. The idea comes ...

What is a thunderstorm, how it forms and what factors trigger bad weather

What is a thunderstorm, how it forms and what factors trigger bad weather

Image created with AI. In recent days, Italy has been crossed from North to South by bad weather caused by the so-called “Halloween cyclone” (or “All Saints’ storm” as it has been defined journalistically), i.e. a disturbance of Atlantic origin that will bring wind, rains And thunderstorms in most cities. But, from a meteorological point of view, what is a ...

The largest bat in the world has a wingspan of 1.5 meters: where it lives

The largest bat in the world has a wingspan of 1.5 meters: where it lives

Acerodon jubatus or golden-capped flying fox. Credit: Luke Marcos Imbong, CC BY–SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons The skies of the Philippines are dominated by huge bats that hover majestically above the tropical forests: we are talking about the golden-headed flying fox Acerodon jubatusthe largest bat, in terms of wingspan, as well as one of the rarest in the world. This ...

Rio de Janeiro, guerrilla warfare for the maxi anti-narcos operation: the causes of high crime in Brazil

Rio de Janeiro, guerrilla warfare for the maxi anti-narcos operation: the causes of high crime in Brazil

Operation Contenção (Containment Operation) is the name of what has been defined as lanti-narcotics operation largest and bloodiest in the history of Brazil: last October 29th 2,500 agents of the special police forces, with 32 vehicles armored And 12 demolition vehiclesthey blocked access to the favelas of the neighborhoods Alemão and Penha Of Rio de Janeiro for an operation against ...

What to see in the sky of November 2025: the brightest "supermoon" of the year and the "invisible" rings of Saturn

What to see in the sky of November 2025: the brightest “supermoon” of the year and the “invisible” rings of Saturn

Photo of comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) obtained by Gianluca Masi. Credit: TheVirtualTelescope The November sky it will bring with it several noteworthy celestial events. We leave on November 5 with the “super beaver moon”the brightest of the yearwhich will be followed by the perihelion of comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) which is still putting on a show in the Italian skies ...

How do Italians get information, TV or social media? The comparison between young people of Gen Z, Millennials and Boomers

How do Italians get information, TV or social media? The comparison between young people of Gen Z, Millennials and Boomers

Image generated with AI. To get information, Italians use different channels and means: if for i young people of Gen Z the social represent the primary source of information, i Baby Boomers are still linked to the use of traditional media such as radio and television. Millennials are somewhere in between, combining TV with online publications. This is what emerges ...

The tallest wooden building in the world measures 85.4 meters and is located in Norway

The tallest wooden building in the world measures 85.4 meters and is located in Norway

The Mjøstårnet tower, side view. Credit: Voll Arkitekter There Mjosa Tower or Mjøstårnet it is the tallest wooden building in the world. Completed in 2019, it is an 85.4 m high skyscraper with 18 floors, it is located in the city of Brumunddal, about an hour and a half from Oslo, and overlooks the lake shore MjosaNorway’s largest lake. Its ...